Bucks Lake

WHAT?? IT’S SUMMER, RIGHT? Well yes, but Wifey is getting a new sled this fall, and August is right around the corner so…..,

It is a 2004 Arctic Cat Sabercat 700 EXT. It has about 3600 miles on it. It has electric start, reverse, Simons Flexiskis. The body is just about perfect, and over all, it is in very good condition. It was delivered through Dupont Power Tool in Quincy, and they have done all the service work on it. It is in Quincy and can be seen there. The price is $3600. Contact me through the website if you are interested. Let’s make a deal……

Many thanks to boy genius Matt Hoffman for figuring out how to get us a full size picture. Looks great!

First, reminding all Bucks Lake property owners that the annual Association meeting takes place at the Haskins B&B area, 8 am on Saturday July 10.

Next, a comment to the persons who stole the display panels from the Forest Service kiosk at Bucklin Road and the Oro-Quincy Highway. How does it feel to be a creep? Those panels were the result of years of Forest Service and volunteer work. They were funded by a grant, so there is no money available to duplicate them. And several of the photos will not be available in the future.

You can fix this. Under cover of night, just like when you stole them, you could get them back to any Forest Service office. You could make the world a slightly better place by doing that. Please.

We have most of our internet issues solved, so the picture and the weather station will not be subject to any more freezes. In addition, the rain and wind sensors have been repaired and are now functioning.

We think we have solved the upload limit problems we were having with Wild Blue, and will have to watch that over the next 30 days, but visitors to this website should not notice any issues.

Finally, THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST STARTS AT 8 AM, not 7. Oops!

We are trying to solve some troublesome issues with our IP, Wild Blue, and while we work on that, for several days the camera or the weather page may freeze for hours or days at a time. We have to get it fixed quickly, for a lot of reasons, so trust that we will be working on it.

Reminding all you friends of Bucks Lake. The annual Fire Department Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for Saturday, July 3, from 7 am to 11 am. If you’ve never attended, it is a great breakfast, coupled with a fun social occasion, all in an opportunity to support our volunteer fire department. The money raised goes to a special fund under the direct control of the fire fighters, a pretty good idea.

Remember, we are alone “on the hill.” The Forest Service only fights wild land fires, and does no medical. Quincy and Meadow Valley resources are at least a half hour away, as is the Quincy ambulance. Over the years, we have saved lives, saved buildings, and snuffed out wild land fires before they got out of control.

Our fire department volunteers are a great investment for all who love Bucks Lake.

See you there!

Our anemometer is broken, so you would not know it from looking at the website. But we have the same wind as everyone else. Whitecaps on the lake yesterday and today, and not too warm, either. We keep hoping summer will arrive, and maybe stay for a while this time.

It’s official. The back road opened yesterday. A pretty heroic effort by the road crew. And then some.

I’ve already had some reports the road is in good shape. I know the part I drove on Friday looked good, but did have plowed walls right up to the fog line. That will go fast now, be be aware.

Does this mean we can finally, officially say that summer is upon us? I hope.

Also, last week I estimated the lake was about 8 feet below the spillway. Now, a week later, it is more like three or four feet. PG&E says it will be up against two boards in a couple of weeks.

Summer. Maybe?

We checked out the back road Friday. They have plowed to about 2 miles west of Grizzly Summit. Where they stopped, it looks like about 4′ of snow. On the other hand, the snow is probably all melted around Frog Rock. I still think it will take most or all of next week to finish up. More then.

Where they have plowed, there are some awesome walls of snow, considering it is June, and at 5000 feet.

I am in receipt of an email with photos from David and Cheryl Casagrande who fought their way to 4Trees over the weekend. They ran into snow at Walker Plain and gave up at 4Trees in 24″.

So, if you were planning for the County to have an easy time of finishing the plowing, reality has a different idea. Still, it is supposed to be fair weather for several days, and that can only help.